Amendment of labor laws in Saudi Arabia

Under Vision-2030, the government of the country is bringing some new amendments to the labor law in Saudi Arabia. These amendments will come into effect next February. This information is known from a report of Gulf News based in Dubai.

Details of these amendments have been published recently. The decree has already been issued. It can be seen that several paragraphs have been amended. Added two new paragraphs. Besides, 7 have been excluded.

The Saudi Labor Law has increased maternity leave from 10 weeks to 12 weeks. The leave has been increased to 3 days in case of attending the death of brothers and sisters. From now on, the probationary period of workers under the Saudi Labor Law will be 180 days.

In addition to financial matters in the case of overtime, employees can also claim vacation time. One month before leaving the job should be informed. Earlier this time was two months. Henceforth the accommodation/accommodation expenses or commuting/commuting expenses of the employees will be paid by the employers.

Some amendments have been made in the law for foreign workers as well. It is said that foreign workers must be employed as per special agreement. The current law has not fixed the specific time in this regard.

It is said that the employment of this contract will be fixed according to the duration of the work permit. Now the contract period is being considered for 1 year. However, this is not fixed yet. This time will start after permission.

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